Migration and Economy: Global and Local Dynamics (Society for Economic Anthropology Monograph Series) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0759107742 ISBN 13: 9780759107748

Publisher: Altamira Press, 2005

Synopsis

Trager and her coauthors focus on migration not as a single event but as a dynamic process that responds to and is shaped by broader economic, cultural and social forces. Individual essays consider issues of international and internal migration, of voluntary migration and forced movements due to civil conflicts and environmental degradation, and of macro-level forces and micro-level institutions. The authors investigate a wide variety of types of mobility, describe transnational and multilocal networks through which remittances and other flows take place; focus on migrants as active agents; and examine the impacts of ethnicity and assimilation. They offer original studies on Mexico, Puerto Rico, West Africa, Kazakstan, and Mozambique. This new volume will be a valuable resource for researchers and practitioners in development anthropology, migration studies, and international planning and policy.

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About the Author

Lillian Trager is professor of anthropology at the University of Wisconsin, Parkside.

Edition details

• Publisher: Altamira Press
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0759107742
• ISBN 13: 9780759107748
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344
• Editor: Trager Lillian